Two Federal Lawsuits Resolved In Chicago On Trump Travel Ban

Demonstrators protest against President Trump's executive immigration ban at Chicago O'Hare International Airport on January 28, 2017.

Updated Feb. 1, 5:36 P.M.

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CHICAGO(AP) — Lawsuits filed by twoChicagoresidents saying they were unlawfully prevented from re-entering the U.S. by President Donald Trump's executive order have been resolved.

Attorneys for Dr. Amer Al Homssi and an Iranian native who filed a John Doe lawsuit say federal authorities acknowledged Wednesday neither traveler should have been barred from re-entering the country based on the president's executive order, and both would be coming home.

Al Homssi is a Syrian citizen and legal resident of the United Arab Emirates. The internal medicine resident says his U.S. visa was canceled as he tried to board a flight toChicagofrom the UAE where he got married.

The second man traveled to Iran to care for his sick mother. A ticketing agency refused to issue him a ticket toChicago.